Tag: Maine Forest Service

During the Spring is when some folks will typically clean their yards, and that includes controlled burning. Now residents in the county can get their required burn permit, online. It’s simply another option to getting a burn permit, but doing so online does have it’s benefits. It’s available 24/7, so you can purchase one just […]

If you were in the Presque Isle area Tuesday, you may have seen a helicopter hovering around the Northern Maine Regional airport. News Source 8’s Jenna Callari has the details of a training exercise that was taking place for the Maine Forest Service.

Over the weekend the Maine Forest Protection Unit of the Maine Forest Service held it’s 11th annual Maine State Wildland Fire Training Academy. The Academy held 3 equipment operations classes in each region of the state. One of those regions was right here in Northern Maine, at the Maine Forest Service Office in Ashland. News […]

The worst part of the storm is gone but there’s still a big disaster left behind. Millions of people are still experiencing hardship and are receiving help from across the country as well as neighboring states like Maine.